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Title: X-treme Microbes
Url: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/microbes/
Publisher: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Description: This interactive feature from the National Science Foundation introduces students to extremophiles, exotic organisms that live in places with conditions once thought to be uninhabitable. These include microbes that live in near-boiling water, high-acidity environments, or miles deep in rock. One part of the feature deals with 'radiation eaters,' microbes that were discovered in the rock of deep South African gold mines where they subsist on by-products that result when radioactive elements present in the rock break down water, prompting a sequence of reactions that forms sulfates. There is also a section on 'survivors' that describes some of the localities where extremophiles have been found, and some of the ways they adapt to live in those conditions.
LC Classification: Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General)
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Natural history (General) -- Microscopy -- Microorganisms
GEM Subject: Science -- Biology
Science -- Biological and life sciences
Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Key Concept: Biology -- Organisms
Health -- Microbes
Date Issued: 2008-07-10
Resource Type: Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Demonstration
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Professional/Practitioner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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